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Earth’s Stunning Biodiversity is a Puzzle Worth Exploring

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Scitech Daily

Publication Date
2019-09-13

Life on Earth is amazingly diverse, and exhibits striking geographical global patterns in biodiversity. A pair of companion papers published September 13th in Science reveal that mountain regions—especially those in the tropics—are hotspots of extraordinary and baffling richness. Although mountain regions cover only 25% of Earth’s land area, they are home to more than 85% of the world’s species of amphibians, birds, and mammals, and many of these are found only in mountains.

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https://scitechdaily.com/earths-stunning-biodiversity-is-a-puzzle-worth-exploring/